Instructions / Assembly

2. Undulations (waves) - There are always some fibers that are livelier than others even
when the final sanding has been done. This may be because certain fibers absorbed
water more easily than others or due to sanding with a heavily clogged abrasive sleeve
resulting in fibers being pressed down on the surface. Also, the belief that by pressing
hard improves the sanding result is incorrect. These lively fibers usually protrude when
you subsequently treat your product with oil or varnish. In the worst case the wood can
be completely patchy, but normally the surface is slightly furry.
The furry, downy surface is hardly visible, but you can clearly feel it with the tops of your
fingers. It is sanded off using extra fine grit 320 sanding sleeve or possibly grit 220 for
lacquer work. You can further attract the lively fibers out by applying warm water on a
damp cloth over the surface so it is slightly moistened. This dampening of the wood
surface is important when you want a lasting velvet surface. Sanding the wood surface
requires some care so that only the raised fibers are sanded off. The moistening affect is
lost if you sand more.
Uses for Guinevere
Guinevere can generally be used for all types of woodworking applications. A small
proven list include woodcarving, 3D Intarsia, wood turning, furniture finishing, didgeri-
doos, drums, refinishing pieces such as frames, billiard tables, distressed and tired furni-
ture, wood window frames, polishing silver and a multitude of other D-I-Y projects. It has
also been used for polishing chrome on cars and motorcycles as well as bone, burl, horn
and antler knife handles. The Detail Sanding and Polishing Kit is especially well suited
to 3D-intarsia, a craft that is based on joining together pieces of wood from different tree
species in different dimensions to create a three dimensional piece of art. In addition to
the wood, you need a pleasant pattern, a jig saw, and the Guinevere Sanding and
Polishing System.
Three Stages of Finishing Work
1) Final Forming - Before any polishing is started, you need to complete the final forming
and shaping of the work surface. We have chosen to call this forming for the simple
reason that we are doing final shaping in removing material rather than “improving” the
surface. Another reason is that the Guinevere inflatable sanding system replaces a
number of different tools such as rasps, files and cutting tools such as knives, chisels,
etc. For final shaping and forming, first use the course 80 grit sanding sleeve on our
inflatable sanders. This process can sometimes take a little longer to achieve but is eas-
ily recovered when it comes to the final sanding stage.
2)
Sanding - Most people dislike sanding and the enormous amount of time and energy
it takes. Using the Guinevere inflatable sanders, the aim is to achieve that special velvet
wood surface as quickly as possible. It is a job that primarily consists of using Guinevere
sanding sleeves in grit graduations of medium (150grit), fine (220 grit) and extra fine
(320 grit).
The Guinevere sanding system significantly shortens sanding time when compared to
other conventional methods. It actually becomes fun and a lot less labor intensive. Who
woulda thunk it! Sanding? Fun?! In many cases several days of laborious hand sanding
can be reduced to hours! There is no comparison to using the quietness and ease of the
Guinevere machine sanding system to conventional or hand sanding methods.
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